Spend a few good minutes with Michael Ott, Chief Executive Officer of Rantizo, a drone-spraying company headquartered in Iowa City, Iowa. Michael discusses the autonomous drone process at Rantizo and the exciting time for drone automation in agriculture and sanitation. (…)

Rantizo — a relatively new player in the drone industry — is upping the game with its crop spraying technologies and bringing competition to the traditional aerial application business. Installing its custom plumbing package onto DJI Agras Mg-1P drones, Rantizo has shirked the spot treatment status quo, reaching full field capabilities with one drone covering 14 acres an hour. And they aren’t done yet. (…)

In the effort to help live event venues shuttered by the novel coronavirus move toward reopening, companies are floating a new weapon for the front lines: drones. ​

Rantizo’s drones, which use GPS that enables autonomous flights after initial mapping and radar for collision avoidance, can fly in darkness and disinfect a 10,000-seat venue in about 90 minutes, a 40,000-seat stadium in five hours and a typical NFL-size stadium in a day, he said. (…)

An Iowa City company that employs drones to spray crops is offering the same technology to sanitize open areas and seating in stadiums and other sports facilities.

Rantizo is the first company licensed and approved for drone-based agricultural spraying in multiple states. The company plans to roll out its stadium spraying services nationwide within the next week. (…)

Agtech company Rantizo is preparing to use its drone spraying technology in new ways this spring.

The Iowa City based startup has began partnerships with several large venues for sanitization efforts. The efforts will utilize Rantizo’s drone spraying platform to sanitize open areas and seating for the return of spectator events that have been closed for several weeks as a result of COVID-19. (…)

We made it to episode 200! Drones have become a sort of symbol for modern ag technology whether over-hyped or legitimate. Michael Ott, CEO of Rantizo, proves that there is little room to be a drone skeptic anymore. Rantizo uses drones with a (…)

The name is familiar, but the setting is not. The company that brought you Trinitron televisions and the Walkman may now be bringing you highly accurate stand counts this spring. That’s the news the company delivered recently with its announcement that its Smart Agriculture Solution (…)

Sony Electronics today announced an expanded ecosystem for its newly enhanced Smart Agriculture Solution with leading AgTech providers. The system is being integrated with farming solutions from Drones Made Easy, BirdsEyeView Aerobotics, Rantizo, and Progeny Drone Inc. (…)

On January 16, 2020, the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) wrote an open letter to The Honorable Andrew Wheeler, current Administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency. The letter contained several factual inaccuracies, as well as several assertions that were either made with no basis in fact or presented with no evidence.

I was in the Media Room at the Iowa Power Farming Show and asked around about new technology and adaptations for agriculture and I was told I should check out Rantizo who came to showcase their new drone spraying device.

Working the booth for Rantizo was David Pieper the Director of Sales for the Iowa City based company. We sat down to talk crop spraying and drone usage. Gotta love technology.